Massaging device



July 6, 1954 Q A FORTlN v 2,682,868

MASSAGING DEVICE Filed Sept. 8, 1955 Patented July 6, 1954 MAssAGING DEVICE Charles Aim Fortin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

assigner to Paul Pouliot, Cote des Neiges,A

Quebec, Canada Application september s, 1953, serial No. 378,917"

6 claims. (C1. 12s-s6) The present invention pertains to a novel massaging device for use on the face although applicable to other parts of the body.y

The principal object of the invention is to pro'- vide a hydraulic massaging device that produces a pulsating or vibratory and also an intermittent flow of cold water to the skin. This action has been found effective, in an improved degree, in

strengthening the tissues, toning the muscles and thereby reducing or eliminating wrinkles.

Another object is to provide a simple and economical device of this character wherein the pulsating effect is produced by the action of the water on an impeller and requires no auxiliary apparatus. A

In the accomplishment of these objects, the device comprises a tubular body with a mask at one end for application to the human body. In the body is mounted a housing spaced from the Wall of the body and supporting a shaft which in turn carries the impeller. Cold water is delivered to the housing and the impeller to rotate the latter. The water is thrown against the skin of the user and is exhausted at the opposite end of the impeller.

The impeller is preferably a bladed member with one blade heavier than the others. The impeller is thereby unbalanced and produces a pulsating and vibratory ow of water, with the results described.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the device;

Figure 2 is a detail thereof;

Figure 3 is an elevation of the impeller; and

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Figure l.

Reference to these views will now me made by use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figure l is shown a body l carrying at one end a funnel like member on mask 2 of rubber, plastic or other suitable material. In the body l is mounted a coaxial cylindrical housing 3 eX- tending somewhat into the mask being fitted at this end with a perforator disk 4. The other end is formed as a dome 5, and a Water inlet pipe 6 extends through a wall of the body I and into the dome.

A spider l is fitted transversely in the housing 3. A shaft 8 is rotatably mounted in the spider l and disk 4 and carries an impeller 9 forward of the disk outside the housing 3. A guard screen I is mounted in the mask 2 forward of the impeller.

The impeller is a bladed member, and one of its blades Il is larger and heavier than the others forY a purpose that will presently bev de- Y scribed,

In the use of the device, cold water entering the inlet pipe 6 is impinged against the impeller 9 to rotate it. The water is delivered against the face or other part of the body to which the mask 2 is applied and is exhausted at the other end of the body I. The screen It prevents direct contact of the body or lingers with the impeller. The heavier blade Il unbalances the impeller and produces a pulsating or vibrating fiow of water to the skin. In addition to the beneficial effect of the cold water, the pulsating flow has been found effective in strengthening the tissues, toning the muscles and removing wrinkles.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as indicated by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A massaging device comprising a tubular body, a mask at one end thereof, a tubular housing in said body at said end and spaced from the wall of said body, a shaft journalled in said housing lengthwise thereof, an impeller on said shaft at the end of'said housing, and means for unbalancing said impeller to provide a pulsating flow into `said mask.

2. A massaging device comprising a tubular body, a mask at one end thereof, a tubular housing in said body at said end and spaced from the Wall of said body, a shaft journalled in said housing lengthwise thereof, an impeller on said shaft at the end of said housing nearer said mask, an inlet pipe leading to the other end of said housing, said impeller being bladed, one of the blades being heavier than the others to unbalance the impeller and provide a pulsating flow into said mask.

3. A' massaging device comprisinga tubular body, a mask at one end thereof, a tubular housing in said body at said end and spaced from the wallof said body, a shaft journalled in said housing lengthwise thereof, an impeller on said shaft at the end of said housing nearer said mask, an inlet pipe leading to the other end of said housing, a screen in said mask in advance of said impeller, and means for unbalancing said impeller to provide a pulsating flow into said mask.

4. A massaging device comprising a tubular body, a mask at one end thereof, a tubular housing in said body at said end and spaced from the wall of said body, a perforated disk on the end of said housing nearer said mask, a shaft journalled on said housing and extending through said disk, an impeller on said shaft outside said housing, an inlet pipe leading to the other end of said housing, and means for unbalancing said impeller to provide a pulsating flow into said mask.

5. A massaging device comprising av tubular body, a mask at one end thereof, a tubular housing in said body at said end and spaced from the wall of said body, a perforated disk on the end of said housing nearer said mask, a shaft journalled on said housing and extending through said disk, an impeller on said shaft outside said housing, an inlet pipe leading to the other end of said housing, said mpeller being bladed, one of the blades being heavier than the others to unbalance the impeller and provide a pulsating ow into said mask.

6. A massaging device comprising a tubular References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 816,365 Olson Mar. 27, 1906 1,198,544 Heal Sept. 19, 1916 1,948,167 Cornwell Feb. 20, 1934 

